Happy Yorkshire Day!

[davywavy]

Might I wish you all a Happy Yorkshire Day, and offer commiserations to all those of you who had the misfortune to be born in any of the less good parts of the world.*

August 1st holds a special place in Yorkshire's history for, on this day in 1759, soldiers from Yorkshire regiments who had fought in the battle of Minden, in Germany, picked white roses from bushes near to the battlefields as a tribute to their fallen comrades.

There's been a lot of talk about how England should have it's own National Day (like the Scots, Irish and Welsh do), and I don't think we could do better than make Yorkshire Day a national holiday. After all, it does celebrate the very best thing about this country.

^{*i.e. all of them.}

Comments

[belak-krin.livejournal.com]

We do have St George's day I suppose, unfortunatly it only seems to be celebrated by the brewers of Bombardier.

I feel a great need for a proper Yorkshire pudding now..

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Yes, it should be St Botulph, patron Saint of Yorkshire.

[belak-krin.livejournal.com]

and what saintly miracle did he/she manage?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Converted an old Anglo-Saxon King to Cricket Christianity.

[belak-krin.livejournal.com]

Its hardly surfing a millstone, or making a sail out of your own skin is it? Perhaps they should retrospectively add some, to beef up his portfolio...